The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-10
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The town of Shelby Is Overrun with
burglars.
Cincinnati is not yet out Of danger
from the flood
Thomas Sheridan, Of Struthers, Ma
hOniDg coUoty, knocked down and rob
bed Of $50 Saturday night
Flora Burns at Newark. didn't turn
off the gas, and In few moments more
would have been pretty dead.
Francis Murphy has closed his tenn
perance work In Cincinnati. The
pocket book ia empty, Murphy's gone.
VII. Bowman, a colOred sbOrtionist
of SprlH gdeld, on Saturday night tried
to poison Pearl Howard, an important
witness against him.
A man giving his name as EIwOod
Price has been arrested and taken to
Lebanon, o., supposed to be the murder
or of Mamie HOlweger.
Charlie Anderson, aged nine years,
stepped from a Little Miami train,
going at the rate Of thirty miles an
hour, and was picked up unlnjured.
Judge Arrell, for ten years Judge of
Common Pleas Court, retires to-day, and
Judge Johnson, of Garfield, MahOninP
county, will jump into his shoes.
Frank 8. Lee, of Newark, o., aged 80.
suicded at his room In the Albemarle
Hotel In New York, Saturday morning
by cutting his throat with a pocket
knife.
Charles Stleneamp, suspected Of being
the would be assassin of Judge FltZger
aid ia In custody and evidence seems to
be accumulating that they have got the
right man.
Mrs. Dumsh Haines, of Logan. said
that Mrs. Frank Hamilton stole her
chickens and milked her COWS, and the
HamIltOns estimate their loss Of charac'
ter at 1926, 900.
Mrs. Eva Fisher, aged 81 years, lived
alone in a house near Lima. On Satur-
day morning while building fire In
the stove, her clothing took fire and she
was burned to death.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has re-
versed the lower court and granted q
new trial to Arthur 4. Benedict, sen
fenced to the penitentiary or three
years for producing an abortion on a
prominent lady Of POmerOy. Judge
MiDshall held that the defendant should
be discharged.
North Eastern Ohio Teachers AssOcis-
tiOn will hold its annual meeting at
Cleveland on Saturday, February 18th,
t l0:30 o'clock &. m A nice program
has Oeen arranged. By making the
necessary gements, with local rail
road agents. relurl tickets can be pur
chased by members 1T one cent per mile.
Henry Whipp, residing near Golum
bus, on Saturday evening about nine
o'clock, called at the residence of his
near neighbor, Henry SchneldeF, and
without word Of waning drew q re-
vOIver and shot Schneider In the head,
killing him Instantly. He also shot
Charles Thomas, who happened to be
present, In the arm. He then returned
home and hung himseIfraiR his wood
shed. No known cause of the crime. as
Whipp and his neigh6ors were on good
terms.
At IrontOn, O., o young reporter for
one of the city papers attended an oyster
supper given by the ladies OF a church
society. The youth was waited upon
with all the prompt fidelity due to his
exalted station. The young man show
ed his appreciation Of this kindness by
publishing the next day a half column
article on ''The Church Festival Oyster,
containing all the time hOn0red With
cisms that have been handed down to
this generation on that subject. A COM
mittee OF twelve young ladies waited on
him at his lodgings shortly after the
appearance Of the paper on the street,
took him into a smoke house, tied him
to post, read the article to him and
then deluged him from head to foot wit
bucketful Of oyster soup that had been
left from tn supper the evening before,